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Justin Ling

@justinling.ca

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Uh-oh!!!!!!! Columnist/journalist @thestar.com, sometimes @wired.com, @foreignpolicy.com
Newsletter: www.bugeyedandshameless.com
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@JustinLing
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@justinling.caJul 31, 2026, 10:42 PM Pinned

On this week's newsletter: Why hasn't Trump mailed out his MAGA Dividends yet? www.bugeyedandshameless.com/p/theres-alw...

bugeyedandshameless.comThere's Always Free Cheddar in the Mousetrap, BabyFascists love giving gifts. Why doesn't Trump?
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@justinling.caOct 10, 2026, 8:55 PM

How does this not end in disaster?
www.economist.com/briefing/202...

@justinling.caOct 10, 2026, 3:37 PM

In your browser, you can hit the little gift box next to the date line and it'll prepare a link for you. Annoyingly, it doesn't show up in the app.

@justinling.caOct 10, 2026, 3:29 PM

Gift link: www.thestar.com/gift-redeem?...

@justinling.caOct 10, 2026, 3:29 PM

My column this week is all about the fiscal time bomb awaiting governments in the AI age — "the twilight of labour," as some economists are calling.

If we don't tax AI companies now, it's going to be much harder to do it later. www.thestar.com/opinion/star...

@justinling.caOct 10, 2026, 3:22 PM

This is by no means a perfect solution (the internet is broken) but the Consent-O-Matic add-on automatically tells cookie request windows to piss off. consentomatic.au.dk

@justinling.caOct 10, 2026, 3:20 PM

There is a remarkable cognitive dissonance in complaining that the social and regulatory state is completely broken, whilst simultaneously plotting arbitrary and self-defeating actions to peacock your deportation regime. it's donald trump's theme song!

@justinling.caOct 10, 2026, 12:27 AM

He is also, as European leaders keep reminding us, the new leader of the free world.

@justinling.caOct 10, 2026, 12:25 AM

Maybe I'm being naively optimistic.

@justinling.caOct 10, 2026, 12:24 AM

Obviously Zelensky has been more blunt than others. But it feels like European leaders can't keep up the 'yes mr president, very good mr president' routine much longer. Particularly not as Trump aids their far-right challengers.

More here: www.axios.com/2026/10/09/e...

@justinling.caOct 10, 2026, 12:22 AM

I think we may be heading towards a tipping point where leaders are finally getting the gumption to speak their minds about Trump. I'd argue that the benefits of flattery and biting your tongue were always weak. But, hey, better late than never.

@yaelschacher.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 2:58 PMReposted by @justinling.ca

I am in Cap Haitien interviewing people deported from the United States. I have been doing this kind of work for almost a decade and it literally does not get more dire than this. People have lost everything they built in the U.S. and are terrified and have no place to go or way to live.

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@dmehro.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 4:51 AMReposted by @justinling.ca

NEW: Footage from Thursdays shooting shows an ICE agent in a construction vest brandishing a rifle. His name is Brenden Cuni. Federal judges have found multiple arrests involving Cuni unlawful. He has been accused of repeatedly Tasing a handcuffed man and tackling a pregnant woman in Minneapolis.

wired.comICE Agent at NYC Shooting Has History of Alleged Violence and Illegal ArrestsBrenden Cuni, an ICE supervisor, has been accused of excessive force and tackling a pregnant woman to the ground. Several of his arrests were later found to be unlawful in federal court.
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@antongerashchenko.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 12:54 PMReposted by @justinling.ca

An absolutely brutal and barbaric Russian strike on passenger buses in Kramatorsk,Donetsk region At least 30 people were killed.The death toll may rise.Some of the victims have still not been identified because of the severity of their injuries.Bodies are lying scattered across the street 📹Suspilne

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@hellgatenyc.comOct 6, 2026, 6:47 PMReposted by @justinling.ca

Nieman Lab wrote about The State of Hell Gate in 2026. www.niemanlab.org/2026/10/subs...

@justinling.caOct 6, 2026, 12:59 PM

I wrote about some of the pitfalls of the DIA earlier this year: www.thestar.com/opinion/star...

It's a good idea. But if it's so great, it should just be responsible for doing all procurement, instead of leaving the broken system to run in tandem (Carney is, I'm told, considering doing just that.)

@justinling.caOct 6, 2026, 12:03 PM

I did not even know this word!

@brucearthur.bsky.socialOct 5, 2026, 7:19 PMReposted by @justinling.ca

Late, but @justinling.ca did an absolutely outstanding job of delineating how Mark Carney's process of changing the world actually works. Top marks. www.thestar.com/opinion/star...

@justinling.caOct 5, 2026, 7:38 PM

Thanks Bruce!

@justinling.caOct 5, 2026, 12:22 AM

i went to heaven and jesus told me to tell you you're cucks

@amplifyukraine.euOct 4, 2026, 4:11 PMReposted by @justinling.ca

Latvia's pro-Ukraine party wins parliamentary election by wide margin #Ukraine

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